The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so. (James Anthony Froude)

The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so.

James Anthony Froude

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